Long Live The Queen

She’s ready now.

They’ve fed her royally

as befits her station.

She’s groomed and pampered,

decked in the finest furs

and fripperies.

She’s ready now

eyeing up her suitors

as they fly above

with fire

in their bellies.

None will survive

the encounter.

When their job is done

so are they

as they surely fall

back down to earth.

She’s ready now

to lay and lay

and lay

and in return she’ll be fed 

and watered,

groomed and pampered 

while her fertility

and proficiency

is closely inspected

by her servants.

So when her laying slows

they make another

from her own egg,

in her own image

to be groomed and pampered

and decked in the finest furs

and fripperies

and when she’s ready

they’ll kill the old

and lay her to rest.

The old queen is dead!

Long live the queen!

She’s ready now!

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